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@samiam391 - 10231 was a replacement for 10213 Shuttle Adventure which was released in June of 2010. The replacement was released July 2011. Personally I think it has a bit more life left in it. It will probably last until Brick Friday so if you're looking for a deal then I would wait until then. But I don't know too much about this set or theme at all, so you may want to listen to someone with a bit more knowledge .

^^All the boxes I have gotten from either Amazon or TRU have been in excellent condition, except for the 3 Imperial Shuttles I got that have horrible shelf wear. I contemplated buying more Death Stars but didn't know if they shipped the extra Lego box. I will definitely get some from them if they do another discount now that I know this. Thanks

Personally, I don't see that or the Appletree House doing super well. I'm sure it will rise in price, but nothing like it's forerunners. IMO, the quality of the newer Creator houses (with the exception of the lighthouse, which is unique and well done) has been on a downward trend.

Whether intentional or not, I think the newer houses have more appeal with the children than adults. They seem to be much more simplistic. I would like, as I'm sure many others, to see more done along the lines of 4954.

So is Lego.com the only place in the U.S. to get 10197 Fire Brigade at MSRP now (and even then it's backordered)?

I was noticing the same thing. Yes, I think Lego.com, and the Lego stores are the only place to get FB for MSRP. TRU has been out for awhile, and also Target has been out for at least a week, and I doubt they will restock. Who knows how many more pallets Lego has left in their warehouse, but once those are gone.....

^ yeah, I went to check Target this morning and saw they were out. I'm guessing the other retailers won't get stock and it'll just be LEGO.com and LEGO stores selling them until they are done. The question is how long that will be? How long to ensure the faulty packaging issue is covered?

When is black friday? Yeah im keeping my ear to the ground in the hope it stays till june. I have a horrible fear it will jump massivly when it does retire.

It's the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday Eve, as I like to call it). I'd also check it out on May the 4th, as well. I'm not saying anything will happen with it, but that's the big Star Wars promotion day, and that's when they discounted the UCS Falcons.

Apple Tree house could disappear at any time really, the other ones are safe at least until the holidays in my eyes. I remember the Family House was not around for as long as the Apple Tree house, but the Beach house was around for almost three years, so the same could apply to the AT house.

I apologize if this has been asked previously, but it would take quite sometime searching through this entire thread to find out. Anyway, I just found out that my Fire Brigade was from the 39R1 batch. I've already talked to LEGO customer service and they're sending me the replacement parts. I would like to sell this as MISB along with the replacement parts. Will this effect the aftermarket price of my set compared to one without the issue?

I apologize if this has been asked previously, but it would take quite sometime searching through this entire thread to find out. Anyway, I just found out that my Fire Brigade was from the 39R1 batch. I've already talked to LEGO customer service and they're sending me the replacement parts. I would like to sell this as MISB along with the replacement parts. Will this effect the aftermarket price of my set compared to one without the issue?

I feel like it will sell for a bit less, but not by a significantly huge amount. If anything, you're going to weed out a lot of people who'd be looking to buy these to resell later and limit your audience to people who are PROBABLY only interested in buying it to build.

^Same here... have these things been discontinued already? Anytime I google it and then click on the link it takes me straight to the home page. I'm signed in too as a LEGO member, so I don't know why it's not showing up anywhere.

@LegobrandonCP... I don't know why but even that is still not working for me. Maybe my computer is just messing up. Seems strange that @stephenvw would be having the exact same problem though... Either way, thanks for all the help @LegobrandonCP!

I always find it interesting that people wait until the last minute to do things...

FB has been for sale since 2009... this is probably why it will jump in price, when it is $250, people will be saying, "well, better buy it now before it is $500". Then when it is $500, same thing for $1,000.

Or, everyone posting here now, could just go buy one now, and not do that.

I always find it interesting that people wait until the last minute to do things...

FB has been for sale since 2009... this is probably why it will jump in price, when it is $250, people will be saying, "well, better buy it now before it is $500". Then when it is $500, same thing for $1,000.

Or, everyone posting here now, could just go buy one now, and not do that.

Everyone waits for it to be on super special .. pick it up when its $10 cheaper, it never gets there, then gets discontinued, then bang, too late.

I always find it interesting that people wait until the last minute to do things...

FB has been for sale since 2009... this is probably why it will jump in price, when it is $250, people will be saying, "well, better buy it now before it is $500". Then when it is $500, same thing for $1,000.

Or, everyone posting here now, could just go buy one now, and not do that.

Well I only just got back into lego at christmas and only went out of the SW sets since february and I'm already a couple thousand in the hole with zero retired sets. You can flame all you want but im thinking I'm doing very well.

Well I only just got back into lego at christmas and only went out of the SW sets since february and I'm already a couple thousand in the hole with zero retired sets. You can flame all you want but im thinking I'm doing very well.

It was not intended as a flame, rereading what I posted, I can see how you might have taken it that way.

I apologize.

I do understand how easy it is to get thousands of dollars spent in a very short amount of time.

for people who are recently back in to it, its a matter of prioritising.Theres a bunch of sets that i'd like to get (as a builder), many of them discontinued, i just have to prioritise the ones i want, completely aware of the fact that any i wait on will go up in price.

@LFT, I don't think it's really to do with people bargain hunting for $10 off a $150 set, I think it's more to do with having to prioritise and take calculated risks. Sure the FB has been out since 2009, but think of the AFOL who 'reawakened' in, say, late 2011. They immediately would have been faced with several purchase decisions regarding big sets that were about to disappear - the IF, the EN, and as well as the FB we're all expecting the likes of MMV and the Death Star to go sooner rather than later. To snap them all up immediately would demand close to $1k at RRP, which people just don't have.

^This example of new AFOLs prioritizing is the reason why I wasn't able to grab any Emerald Nights before it was discontinued. At the time, when I came back in, I was grabbing up other sets like star wars, modulars and city. I got some Imperial Flagships, but completely overlooked the train which I am huge on. I also missed a couple others, like King's Castle, that I had the opportunity to grab, but I just didn't prioritize well enough.